Women’s Team Sets Record in Outrigger Race
30 Sep
Team Bradley, winners of the Na Wahine O Ke Kai Canoe Race for the fourth straight year, established a new record with their victory last weekend in the 30th annual, all-women’s, open-ocean outrigger canoe race between the Hawaiian islands of Molokai and Oahu.
The team crossed the 42-mile Kaiwi Channel which separates the two islands in 5 hours, 22 minutes, and 7 seconds.
You can see footage of the race, HERE, thanks to Hawaii’s KGMB Channel 9. (Race coverage begins just after the 4:00 mark in the archived sports’ report.)
The Honolulu Advertiser has THIS story about the race and Team Bradley’s win.
For information on the event, check out the race web site, HERE.
